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14.7 yearsThe mean age at menarche was 14.7 years in girls with sickle cell anaemia.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2023West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 7 observations

14.4 %More than one-tenth of the sample (14.4%) indicated that they would marry someone with sickle cell disease irrespective of their own genotype.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2022Hematology (Amsterdam, Netherlands)PubMeddocument of 6 observations

10.6 %32 (10.6%) of the caregivers indicated reluctance to accept positive results of Sickle Cell Disease from Newborn Screening.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2024Frontiers in public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

54.1 %A majority (54.1%) of the SCA patients had mild disease, while 35.3% and 10.6% had moderate and severe disease, respectively.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2023Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of MalawiPubMeddocument of 12 observations

73.5 %An ischaemic ECG was observed in 25 (73.5%) SCA children during VOC.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2020Paediatrics and international child healtheurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

100 %The diagnostic sensitivity of SickleSCAN™ for sickle cell disease (Hb SS and Hb SC) was 100.0%.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2017Hemoglobineurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

8.5 %8.5% of the children with sickle cell anaemia had high free T3.

Nigeriadrépanocytose · hypothyroidismpublished 2023Ethiopian journal of health sciencesPubMeddocument of 7 observations

1.3 %Among 1,168 newborn babies screened in The Gambia from April 14 to August 12, 2023, 15 (1.3%) had homozygous HbS (HbSS).

Nigeriadrépanocytoseobserved April 14 to August 12, 2023published 2024Hemoglobineurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

74.5 %In the study, 74.5% of children with sickle cell anaemia had previous hospital admission.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2024West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 9 observations

312,000 births_per_yearMore than 312,000 births are affected annually by sickle cell anaemia.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2019Blood cells, molecules & diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

Sickle cell disease is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in Nigeria.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2022The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 14 observations

20 %Among young Nigerian SCA patients, asymptomatic gallstones were significantly more prevalent in the low-activity UGT1A1 (TA)n genotypes subgroup (20%) compared to other subgroups (1.3%), with p = 0.0033.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2019BMC medical geneticsPubMeddocument of 6 observations

65.1 %Among 135 physicians caring for SCD patients in a southwestern state of Nigeria, 89 (65.1%) were aware of the national government newborn screening program.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2020TheScientificWorldJournalPubMeddocument of 9 observations

-0.483 correlation_coefficientHopelessness had a modest negative correlation with resilience (r = -0.483, P < 0.001) among clinically stable Nigerian adults with sickle cell disease.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2020Nigerian journal of clinical practicePubMeddocument of 8 observations

2.1 %The proportion of sickle cell disease cases from total admissions ranged from 2.1% to 16.3% across the ten tertiary health facilities.

Nigeriadrépanocytoseobserved 2012 to 2021published 2024PloS onePubMeddocument of 12 observations

1 %Isoelectric focusing (IEF) tests identified 5 (1.0%) HbSS phenotypes among 511 newborns.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2022Frontiers in geneticseurope_pmcdocument of 23 observations

490 per_1000The estimated national average under-5 mortality for children with sickle cell disease born between 2003 and 2013 in Nigeria was 490 per 1000 livebirths.

Nigeriadrépanocytoseobserved 2003–2013published 2021The Lancet. Haematologyeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

6.5 %Among 3622 enrolled sickle cell disease patients in Nigeria, 6.5% had leg ulcers.

Nigeriadrépanocytose · leg ulcerspublished 2020Blood cells, molecules & diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 16 observations

0.44 µg/LThe mean ADAMTS13 level in steady state was 0.44 ± 0.06 µg/L.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2025Annals of African medicinePubMeddocument of 12 observations

Serum levels of vitamin D, calcium, CAT, SOD, GPX and GST were significantly lower in the SCA group compared to the control group.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2025Sultan Qaboos University medical journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

The frequency of testicular pain (p = 0.04), weight (p = 0.02) and pubic hair rating (p = 0.03) of the HbSS participants were significant predictors of increased testicular volumes in the HbSS participants, irrespective of pubertal status.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2021Journal of tropical pediatricsPubMeddocument of 2 observations

0.4 z-scoreChildren with sickle cell anemia without an enrolled sibling had a mean BMI z-score change of 0.4.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2025Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.)PubMeddocument of 6 observations

89 patientsEighty-nine out of 116 patients had laboratory analysis.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2021Pediatric blood & cancereurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

96.7 %Of 122 children with sickle cell disease admitted to the emergency department for painful crises from July 2017 to June 2019, 118 (96.7%) with 167 hospital visits were managed by short-term emergency department observation care.

Nigeriadrépanocytoseobserved July 2017 to June 2019published 2020Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and HygienePubMeddocument of 6 observations

27.3 %The histological pattern in the 22 patients who had renal biopsies showed minimal change disease in 6 (27.3%) patients.

Nigeriadrépanocytose · minimal change diseasepublished 2024The Nigerian postgraduate medical journalPubMeddocument of 10 observations